Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
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Mad let us grant him them, and now remains
That we find out the cause of this effect--
Or rather say, the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause.
Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether read more

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one read more

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, read more

It is only after an unknown number of unrecorded labors, after a host of noble hearts have succumbed in discouragement, convinced that ;their cause is lost; it is only then that cause triumphs.

Men are blind in their own cause.

Men are blind in their own cause.

A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.

A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.

Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad.

Ask you what provocation I have had?
The strong antipathy of good to bad.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause read more

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.